The Second Indication Of Car-t Therapy Of Novartis?

In August, Novartis's car-t therapy Kymriah (also known as CTL019) was approved for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is also the first car-t therapy to be approved.

At this annual meeting of ASH, Novartis will publish its latest data on diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

In a global phase 2 clinical trial called Juliet, the researchers evaluated the efficacy of CTL019 in patients with recurrent or refractory DLBCL. By march, the trial had recruited 147 patients. 99 patients received single-dose CTL019 infusion. The optimal overall mitigation rate (ORR) for this study was 53.1% (95% CI, 42% - 64%; P
In terms of risk, 86 per cent of patients had a level 3 or 4 side effects, and 58 per cent had cytokines release syndrome. No deaths have been reported due to CTL019 treatment.
Yesterday Novartis submitted the treatment to the US FDA for the listing of DLBCL.